Transporting a refrigerator
 

I'm getting a new-to-me fridge tomorrow, will put it in the back of my truck. Can it be transported on its side or does it have to stand upright?

If you lay it flat, just leave it unplugged for 24 hours.

That's what I thought. Any value other than that to keeping it upright? It's a nice fridge and want to keep it that way.

This... probably better to transport it upright but either way let it sit for a while before plugging in to make sure the oils and such run back into the compressor to ensure proper lubrication.

Correct.

Upright whenever possible.

Side is fine as long as you let it stand upright longer than it was lying on its side before plugging in.

OK, that's what I wanted to hear, I'll transport it upright.

leave it strapped to the dolly upright, and strap the whole thing to the truck.

That is what I'll do.

my current fridge isn't long for this world.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1404867398.jpg

I use my forklift. But I realize that might not help here.

Why the portholes?

Freezer works (did, not really anymore), fridge doesn't. Fan was working, no icing, it was an old Jenn Air that worked great for years but it's time had come. Just hoping it stays cool enough for all my condiments to not spoil.

The large holes may not be helping.;)

fridge is at 50, freezer, which is melting, just needs to hold on a little longer. :)

I'm going to miss the rolly shelves. They were fun.

Maybe you can transfer them to the new fridge?

No more projects! It's getting plugged in and filled with food. New fridge is too nice to fool with anyway.

The compressors inside the little black "can" are mounted on springs. If you lay them on their sides the compressors fall off their springs (vibration isolation) and make noise at startup (klunk) and shutdown (clunk).
Stand them upright to transport them.

Ahh you're turning into a girlyman, won't even hotrod your fridge, what's the world coming to?

I'm guessing whoever went nuts with the hole saw might've compromised the fridge's ability to retain cool air a tad...

Your "ported" refrigerator is the same as the one in our kitchen right now.
It has been a good refrigerator. Starting to get some longer run times and the door seals are getting a little aged.
One problem I had with it was the adaptive defrost control. Had to replace it twice in 14 years.
I also needed to replace the defrost termination stat but that came as a complete electric defrost element package. I hate working on domestic appliances. Not built to be serviced.
I like the windy shelves as well. Pretty handy.

Shaun did that.

It's a side by side, the fridge side died but the freezer side was working.

Shaun knew he would be replacing it so to keep his stuff from going bad over the next day or so he vented the freezer side to the fridge side.

He figured it would save weight?

rjp

Transporting a refrigerator
 

Plug the holes with wine bottles (or beer bottles).

My side by side residential fridge died at only about 6 years old. Not a low end model, Frigidaire "Gallery Professional". The repairman told me it was not realistically repairable. I was so mad that I bought a True commercial refrigerator. I figure they are made to run for decades, big compressor, and everything is easily accessible for repair/replacement. Only disadvantage is no door shelves (wife whines about that) and noisy (like everything, you get used to it).

When we recently went fridge shopping I did a ton of research. My findings were pretty simple - they're all crap. We went with a reasonably priced one because they all got such terrible reviews. I'd rather spend $2k than $5k if they both are lucky to last five years.

I bought a used fridge, stove, washer and dryer from a friend. If anything craps out I'm out $150 not $1,500.

I am convinced this is the road to appliance happiness. They are truly disposable to me.

A five year old appliance that has worked reliably won't be a lemon. A brand new appliance might be.

You do realize that with most fridges that the freezer section is what keeps the fridge side cool right? If your freezer is working and your fridge is not, it is usually because of one thing and one thing only. No cold air is making it to the fridge. This could be because your defrost timer has failed and a collection of ice is now blocking the air passage, the flap (fridge temperature control) has closed blocking air, or the fan that blows the air has failed. Food blocking the air passage is not unheard of as well.

Fwiw, transport your new fridge with the suction line to the compressor facing up. This will be the larger of the tubes going into your compressor. It will be the coolest while the fridge is running. The reason for this is, it keeps the oil in the compressor and there will be no need to let it sit upright for 24hrs. Maybe an hour or so would be okay.

have them deliver it, not worth the $50 savings of your humping it in/out of a truck, your sore back, water line install, any steps into the house......


I'm totally glad my 31 cu ft was delivered, they have special slings to hump it through house hallways, and even had to take the doors off to fit in through an entryway.


love my French door bottom freezer 31 ft stainless LG fridge with magnetic compressor and a gallizion LED lights inside.



fridge pornnn:

http://www.homedepot.com/b/Appliances-Refrigerators-French-Door-Refrigerators/N-5yc1vZc3ooZ2bcqt4?NCNI-5

Got home earlier with a newish GE Monogram. I got it mostly for the styling, hope it continues to work, it's built like a tank, the freezer door alone has to be well over 50 lbs. I think if I get 1 year out of it, it's paid for itself.

Cleaning everything tonight, throwing what I can in the dishwasher now. Surprisingly my old fridge is chugging along and doing pretty well. Samsung also had some nice looking fridges but I wanted the side by side. Thought I would like the French doors but they just didn't feel right.

This is good advice. Best I've done so far is an $1800 stove for $350. Putting a new $104 control panel on it (aesthetics only, worked fine) and it's a brand new stove. Have had it for 4 years now and couldn't be happier with it.

I understand why people buy brand new stuff. I'd rather funnel $ into the cars.

Wouldn't you know it, right after I take my new fridge all apart, clean it up and get it back together, I find out what was wrong with my old one. Would have been a simple fix.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1405218026.jpg

Yeah....JB Weld would have fixed that. :)

What was it? Damper at the top linkage broken?

Bill, it turned out the condenser was completely iced up. Given that, so glad I drilled those holes, love the new fridge, definitely ran with my gut/heart on this one.

The wreckage itself was the pun though. :)

Interesting how light the condenser was. 14x14x4 and it was as light as a styrofoam cup

It more than likely was the defrost controller or the defrost heaters.

Was the old fridge counter depth?

Mine is. It is like asking to spend another $500 for less space...